Hair-trimming device.



No. 628,722. Patented July In, lass. m. MQCARTER.

HAIR TRIMMING DEVICE.

(Application filed Mar. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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HAIR-TRIIVIIVIING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,722, dated July 11, 1899.

Application filed March 2 1 1 3 9 9 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON hie-CARTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bowers, in the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Hair- Trimming Device, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hair-trimming do vices; and the object of theinvention is to provide a simple, effective, and inexpensive tool of thecharacter specified including in its construction both a pair ofscissors or shears for cutting the hair and a comb attached to one ofthe blades thereof and serving to insure the cutting off of uniformlengths of hair;

and the device consists of a comparatively small number of parts and canoperate without pulling the hair.

Vith these ends in view the invention 0011- sists in the novelcombination of elements and in the construction and arrangement ofparts,

which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, I have illustrated thepreferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which I a Figure 1 is a top plan viewof a hair-cutting implement constructed in accordance with my inventionand showing the blades as open. Fig. 2 is an under side view of thelower blade and a portion of the upper body. Fig. 3 is a detail view inperspective of the comb detached.

Similar characters denote like and corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The device includes in its construction a pair of scissors or shears ofordinary form, the blades of which are denoted by 2 and 3, respectively, and are provided with the usual cutting edges, and the lowerblade 3 is provided with the comb 4:, which when the scissors are inoperation is next the head and which serves as a means for insuring thecutting of the hair and prevents formation of nicks or gashes therein,as is the case frequently when the scissors and comb are held indifferent hands and used by inexperienced persons.

The comb 4 may be made of steel or any Serial No. 710,976. (No model.)

facturing implements of this kind, and it fits fiatwise against thelower blade 3 and has an angular edge 5 at its inner end, which fitsagainst the similarly-disposed edge of the shoulder 6 on the bladecarrying the same, and said comb is adapted to receive the pivot 7 atits inner end, which pivot consists of the rivet that joins or unitesthe two blades, and the head of the pivot or rivet is countersunk in thecomb. The latter, beyond the pivot and near the point of the blade, isheld by the screw 8, the head of which is also .countersunk in said comband which fits into a threaded opening in the blade 3, and it will beseen that the length of the comb is substantially equal to that of theblade which carries it.

As the heads of the rivet 7 and the screw 8 are countersunk in the comb,the latter has a smooth unbroken surface, and therefore no obstructionsare present to catch the hair.

To sharpen or clean the blade 3, it is simply necessary to detach thescrew 8 and swing the comb outward the proper distance, so as to easilyreach said blade with a Whetstone or the like.

The teeth of the comb nearest the pivot 7 are made ofprogressively-dccreased lengths, the shortest being immediately adjacentto the pivot, and the edges of these teeth touch a plane at an angle tothat touching the other and long and uniform teeth of the comb, fromwhich it will be evident that when the blades are closed the shorterteeth will gradually and easily take hold of the hair without pull ingthe same, and by reason, also, of this feature of construction I amenabled to use the entire length of the comb for receiving the hairwhile being cut, which would be impossible if the teeth were all of thesame length.

In practice the scissors will be manipulated by the user in thewell-known manner,

and the comb 4 will be disposed between the same and the hair, so as topositively insure the cutting off of uniform lengths of the same, and itwill be evident that the tool is simple and consists of a very smallnumber of parts which are capable of production at a comparatively smallexpense.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and

bination with a pair of scissors, of a comb secured to one of the bladesof the scissors and the teeth of said comb at the end thereof next thepivot between the blades, being of progressivelydecreased lengths, andthe edges of the shorter teeth lying upon a plane disposed at an angleto a plane touching the edges of the other teeth of the comb,substantially as described.

3. In a hair-cutting implement, the combination with a pair of scissorsincluding two blades and a pivot uniting said blad es, a comb fittingagainst one of the blades and adapted to be held and to receive at oneend said pivot, and an independent device located at the opposite end ofthe comb for securing th same, substantially as described. 4. In ahair-cutting implement, the combination with a pair of scissorsconsisting of two pivoted blades, a comb fitting against one of theblades and having teeth near one end of progressively-decreased length,and said comb being adapted to receive the pivot which unites theblades, and the head of the pivot being countersunk in the comb, and ascrewextending through the comb and into the blade which bears the sameat a point beyond said pivot and having its head countersunk in thecomb, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto atfixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MILTON MCCARTER.

Witnesses:

MARsHEL HAMPTON, JOHN I-IUToHIsoN.

